Donald Trump’s administration in Washington is considering issuing radical travel restrictions for citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new prohibition, according to sources familiar with the matter and an internal memorandum seen by Reuters.
The note lists a total of 41 countries divided into three separate groups. The first group of 10 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Cuba and North Korea, among others, would be established for a complete visa suspension.
In the second group, five countries, Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar and Sudan del Sur, would face partial suspensions that would affect the visas of tourists and students, as well as other immigrants visas, with some exceptions.
In the third group, a total of 26 countries that include Belarus, Pakistan and Turkmenistan, among others, would be considered for a partial suspension of the emission of US visas. If their governments “do not make efforts to address deficiencies within 60 days,” said the memorandum.
An American official who speaks under the condition of anonymity warned that there could be changes in the list and that the administration has not yet approved, including the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio.
The New York Times First reported in the list of countries.
The measure dates back to the prohibition of the first term of President Donald Trump to the travelers of seven majority Muslim nations, a policy that went through several iterations before the Supreme Court confirmed the Supreme Court in 2018.
Trump issued an executive order on January 20, which required an intensified security investigation of any foreigner seeking the admission to the US. UU. To detect national security threats.
That order ordered several cabinet members to present before March 21 a list of countries of which trips must be partly or completely suspended because their “research and detection information is very poor.”
Trump’s directive is part of an immigration repression that he launched at the beginning of his second term.
He observed his plan in an October 2023 speech, committing to restricted the people of the Gaza Strip, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and “anywhere else that threatens our security.”
The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for Reuters comments.
